14 December, 1859.
Sin H. Robinson to The Duke of Newcastle.
No 39. 1 enclosure.
Received Fransmitting Letter, of 4th October 1859, from H. Kong.
No. 1191 Case of Mr. Farrant of Long Trong.
Precis
534 M. W. Tarrant a Clerk under the Land Office in Hong Kong having in July 1847 reported to the Surveyor General of the Colony that rumours were current that certain Chinese Servants of the Government were in the habit of extorting money from their Countrymen under false pretences, which statement was supposed by the Governor to implicate Colonel Caine; He, the Governor